The UK’s air travel industry can still meet its targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, an aviation expert has claimed.
Neil Pakey, chairman of the Airport Operators' Association (AOA), has hit back at campaigners’ accusations that an expanding air travel industry will prevent Britain from achieving its targets for cutting CO2 emissions .
He said the suggestion that the aviation industry is compromising attempts to meet environmental targets are "wrong" and overlook the AOA’s pledged support for an emissions-based system of taxation on the aviation industry.
According to the AOA, such a scheme would ensure that aviation growth can be sustainable and give the industry an incentive to reduce its emissions .
In addition, Mr Pakey argued that the aviation sector has adopted a number of approaches to alleviate its impact on the environment .
"Environmental campaigners are wrong to suggest that an expansion in air travel will not square with the UK's emissions-reduction targets," he stressed.
"The aviation industry, through the Sustainable Aviation Programme and the EU emissions trading scheme, is committed to a range of measures which will deliver real improvements in environmental performance."
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